Man Wanted by Police for Lewd Behavior on Q60 Bus in Rego Park

Sep. 18, 2024 By Athena Dawson

Ghost car drivers are in for a scare. Mayor Eric Adams and other top city officials held a press conference at the Springfield Gardens Auto Pound on Wednesday, Sept. 18th, to announce the launch of a joint NYPD and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) task force to remove ghost cars from city streets. 

A doctor at a Woodhaven urgent care facility was arrested on Sept. 9 by detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad for sexual abuse and forcible touching of one of his patients last month.

Amir Sitafalwalla, 72, of Fairway Drive in Manhasset, Long Island, was booked at the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill and arraigned in Queens Criminal Court for the sexual assault of a 21-year-old man who visited the ModernMD, located at 89-22 Jamaica Avenue.

Sep. 18, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

Elected officials in Northeast Queens gathered on Monday afternoon to criticize the rollout of e-scooters in Queens and call out the Department of Transportation for failing to discuss their concerns. 

Sep. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Queens Public Library (QPL) will join libraries nationwide in marking Banned Books Week from Sept. 22-28 with a series of events and programs, reinforcing its strong advocacy for intellectual freedom as book censorship surges nationwide.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

As the New York Mets began their final homestand of the 2024 regular season on Monday, Sept. 16, the team announced the installation of a purple seat to pay tribute to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, whose first pitch prior to a game on June 12 coincided with the start of a seven-game winning streak and the team turning the season around.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Ethan Marshall

Over the course of the summer of 2024, viewed as the peak rental season, Queens and Brooklyn each experienced sharp increases in competition among renters compared to the same time in 2023 and Manhattan maintaining a high degree of such competition, according to a Rental Competitiveness Report by the real estate listing site RentCafe.

Sep. 17, 2024 By Athena Dawson

MTA officials held a roundtable discussion in the Jamaica Central Control Building on Thursday, Sept. 12, to provide an overview of the agency’s current and future plans for its extensive transportation system. The officials invited reporters from a handful of local media organizations to the event, including QNS, which was an on-the-record presentation and Q&A session covering topics affecting Queens residents and commuters across the five boroughs. 

Sep. 17, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

On Monday, Sept. 16, hundreds of Amazon drivers in Queens took a major step toward unionization, formally requesting that Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a contract under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

The Department of City Planning (DCP) announced a leadership change for its Queens Office, located at 120-55 Queens Blvd. in Kew Gardens, on Friday, Sept. 13. Lin Zeng was named Director, and Kathi Ko was appointed Deputy Director.

Sep. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres

Sept. 16, 2024 By Czarinna Andres